Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	follow_v	merry_a	sing_v	912	5	12.5377	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30312	The reform'd wife a comedy, as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane.	Burnaby, William, 1672 or 3-1706.	1700 (1700)	Wing B5745; ESTC R7058	43,057	55

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